tremendismo

== Spanish == === Etymology === From tremendo (“awful, tremendous”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾemenˈdismo/ [t̪ɾe.mẽn̪ˈd̪iz.mo] Rhymes: -ismo Syllabification: tre‧men‧dis‧mo === Noun === tremendismo m (plural tremendismos) (literature) a technique using extremely crude realism in order to shock the reader, chiefly used in some Spanish novels of the 1940s ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tremendismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025